Separable fastener.



PATENT OFFICE.

GILBERT E. WRIGHT, OF NEW YORK, .N. Y.

SEPARAB LE FASTENER.

A Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December 13, 1905. Serial No. 291.573.

Patented Oct. 30,1906.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GILBERT E. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Separable Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a separable fastener for garments and the like; and the principal object thereof is to provide a substitute for the various forms of hooks and eyes which are now employed and so construct it as to provide for a more easy hooking and unhooking of the device; also, to simplify the construction and prevent the displacement of the two parts of the fastener accidentallyf Further features of the invention will ap pear below.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure '1 is a perspective view of a complete fastener constructed in accordance with the principle of my invention and with the parts not in engagement. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same with the parts in engagement with each other, and Fig. 3 is a plan of one section of the fastener somewhat modified.

In place of the hook member of the ordinary hook and eye I provide a member at,

having two spreading arms at extending outwardly from each other, so as to produce the general form of the letter V, and provided with curved portions a at their outer ends, by means of which the member is secured to the fabric or other material to which it is to be applied. The two arms extend toward each other at the apex a of the V sufficiently near to permit a bar of wire or similar material of a size proportionate to the size of the wire of which the member a is composed to pass between them. The wires are then bent at an angle, preferably of about ninety degrees to the plane ofthe arms, and as the entire member is preferably formed of one piece of wire this portion of the device constitutes an eye a, integrally connected with the arms and extending downwardly therefrom. This eye being bent toward the fabric is preferably secured thereto by threads 7 in the ordinary manner.

The other member I) of the fastener cornprises a pair of curved arms 1), adapted to be secured to the fabric, and a shank b either connected with both arms and formed of adouble piece of wire, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or formed of a single piece of wire 6 as shown in Fig. 3. In. either case the end of the shank is provided with a head I). This head is intended to extend in all directions from the end of the shank upon which it is mounted, and to conveniently provide for this it is given the shape of a ball or sphere.

An important feature of the device is the fact that it has less tendency to tear a garment than is the case with the ordinary devices, while it is practicable and of great utility.

In using the device the ball is brought into the V and moved downwardly through the contracted portion at the apex a thereof. It is then held in the position shown in Fig. 2, and it will be obvious that a mere release of the strain upon the goods or any ordinary displacement of the parts will not result in detaching the one part of the fastener from the other; but when it is desired to detach them the shank b can be readily manipulated to draw it out of the eye and into the V-shaped portion of the member a, and then the ball can be readily removed. The shank is so short that it cannot be pushed through the eye longitudinally far enough to permit the ball to be moved over the arms a. It

will be seen that the ball can be readily formed on the end of the shank by ,a simple operation of manufacture and that the cheapness and durability of the device is thusassured.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A separable fastener, comprising a member having spreading arms adapted to be secured to a garment or the like at their outer ends, and turned out of the plane of the arms at their inner ends to form a loop-eye said loop-eye being adapted to be secured to the garment at its loop end, and a hooking member having a shank adapted to pass through the contracted portionat the apex of the V, anda head projecting outwardly in alldirections from the shank to engage the inner surface of said eye.

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2. A separable fastener, comprising a member having spreading arms adapted to be secured to a garment or the like at their outer IIO ends, and turned out of the plane of the arms at their inner ends to form a hook-eye, and a .second member having a shank adapted to pass through the contracted portion of the two arms, and a spherical head on the end of said shank.

3. A separable fastener comprising a member having spreading arms provided with curved portions at their outer ends and having a loop-eye turned out of the plane of the arms, said loop-eye and curved portions being adapted to be secured to a garment, said member being contracted at the point at which the loop-eye joins the arms, and a sec- 0nd member having a shank adapted to pass through the contracted portion of the first member, and a spherical head at the end of the shank, said shank being so short that it cannot be pushed through the loop-eye longitudinally far enough to permit the head to be moved over the arms.

In testimony whereof I- have signed m name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GILBERT E. WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

ALBERT E. FAY, EVERARD B. MARSHALL. 

